Nämañkära - offering obeisance, or the act of offering adoration, praise, or reverence. Obeisance to Çré Bhagavän is of four types: (1) abhivädana, salutation or bowing; (2) añöaìga, prostrated obeisance performed with eight parts of the body (two hands, two feet, two knees, the chest, and the forehead); (3) païcaìga, obeisance performed with five parts of the body (two knees, two arms, and the forehead); and (4) kara-çira-saàyoga, obeisance by joining the hands to the head and bowing.